Asrock Z97 Killer

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Killer (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '17 at 03:43
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 427 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 102 92% 111 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 88.1 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV256HDGL-000H1 256GB 3,288 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW72H0Q Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,471 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,217 286% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 31.4 182% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 31.8 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 237%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 828GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150639216 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28777474 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 538443803 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1752 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132289287681034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10936044010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87223282507	53% Above average	Read 77.9 Write 106 Mixed 88.3 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.7 198% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 395GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2881536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3749311 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 67 471072793 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3397 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 64424509465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 140157667773121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4545009556 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141748064758	69.6% Good	Read 105 Write 137 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.64 191% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 111%
WD 5000BEV External 500GB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 86GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 28.5 Mixed 8.65 28% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.22 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 20%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 70GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 17.1 Mixed 12.1 24% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.28 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.53 57% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 96%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Killer - $158

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	455x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	264x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	72x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	37x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	33x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	28x

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Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16